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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
While I wouldn't disagree in principle people are way more worried about mushrooms than they need to be, they aren't hard to identify, I'm sure there's a few mushroom clubs in Calgary that will help if you ask, on top of that even eating an inedible mushroom is most likely to give you a bad dose of the runs and maybe a weird trip. Some people pay for that!
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Sure...and some may actually kill you. I think that's worth worrying about, even if the odds are you'll "only" get sick. It's important to know what you're doing first.
The Mushroom Council urges the public to be extremely cautious when foraging for wild mushrooms outside, especially in fields and forests, because of potential health dangers that can be caused by some wild varieties [sic]… The untrained and uneducated person can make an innocent mistake when hunting wild mushrooms that could result in illness or even death… Commercially produced mushrooms that are in your supermarket or in prepared foods are carefully cultivated agricultural products, grown year around.
http://americanmushrooms.com/deathcap.htm